容易よういeasy, simple, plain容器ようきcontainer, vessel陽気ようきseason, weather, cheerfulness要求ようきゅうrequest, demand用心ようじんcare, precaution, caution様子ようすaspect, state, appearance要するにようするにin a word, after all, in short …要素ようそelement要点ようてんgist, main point曜日ようびday of the weekヨーロッパヨーロッパEurope予期よきexpectation, forecast横切るよこぎるto cross (e.g., arms), to traverse汚すよごすto pollute, to make dirty予算よさんestimate, budget止すよすto cease, to give up寄せるよせるto collect, to gather, to put aside予測よそくprediction, estimationヨットヨットyacht夜中よなかmidnight, dead of night世の中よのなかsociety, the world余分よぶんextra, excess, surplus予報よほうforecast, prediction予防よぼうprevention, protection against読みよみreading嫁よめbride, daughter-in-law余裕よゆうexcessよりよりtwist, ply因るよるto come from喜びよろこびjoy, pleasure, rejoicingよろしく (かん)よろしく (かん)best regards, please remember me四よんfour来らい～next ~ライターライターlighter楽らくcomfort, easeラケットラケットracket利益りえきprofits, gains理解りかいunderstanding, comprehension陸りくland, shore利口りこうclever, shrewd, bright離婚りこんdivorce理想りそうideal率りつrate, ratio, percentage留学りゅうがくstudying abroad流行りゅうこうfashionable, fad, prevailing量りょうquantity, amount寮りょうhostel, dormitory両替りょうがえchange, money exchange料金りょうきんfee, charge, fare例れいinstance, example, case礼れいexpression of gratitude例外れいがいexception礼儀れいぎmanners, courtesy, etiquette冷静れいせいcalm, coolness列れつqueue, line, row列車れっしゃtrain (ordinary)レベルレベルlevel連想れんそうassociation (of ideas), suggestion連続れんぞくconsecutive, continuity, continuing老人ろうじんthe aged, old person労働ろうどうlabor, workロケットロケットlocket, rocket論じるろんじるto argue, to discuss論争ろんそうcontroversy, dispute論文ろんぶんthesis, paper輪わring, hoop, circleワインワインwineわがままわがままselfishness, egoism, willfulness別れわかれparting, separation, farewell分かれるわかれるto branch off, to diverge from脇わきside湧くわくto boil, to grow hot分けるわけるto divide, to separateわざとわざとon purpose僅かわずかonly, merely, a little話題わだいtopic, subject笑いわらいlaugh, laughter, smile割るわるto divide, to break悪口わるくちabuse, insult我々われわれwe湾わんbay, gulf, inlet椀わんbowl碗わんbowl悪あくevil, vice当りあたりhit, success, reaching the markアップアップup宛てるあてるto address, to putアンケートアンケートquestionnaire (FRE: enquete), survey異いobjection意いwill医院いいんdoctor's office (surgery), clinic怒りいかりanger粋いきchic, style, purity意地いじdisposition, spirit, obstinacy, appetite依然いぜんstill, as yet傷めるいためるto damage, to impair, to spoil炒めるいためるto stir-fry一帯いったいa region, the whole place異動いどうa change, transfer衣料いりょうclothing渦うずswirl埋まるうまるto be buried, to be filled産むうむto give birth (v.t.), to deliver, to produce縁えんchance, tie, relationship尾おtail, ridge負うおうto bear, to owe遅れおくれdelay, lag教えおしえteachings, doctrine驚きおどろきsurprise, astonishment, wonder織るおるto weave欠くかくto lack, to crack核かくnucleus, kernel格かくstatus, character, case学歴がくれきacademic background駆けるかけるto run賭けるかけるto bet, to risk, to gamble課題かだいsubject, theme, task片付けかたづけtidying up, finishing加味かみseasoning, flavoring借りかりborrowing, debt, loan狩りかりhunting～観かんfeeling, view癌がんcancer刊行かんこうpublication, issue慣行かんこうcustomary practice, habit, traditional event歓声かんせいcheer, shout of joy官僚かんりょうbureaucrat, bureaucracy器官きかんorgan (of body, instrument)季刊きかんquarterly (e.g., magazine)起源きげんorigin, beginning, rise機構きこうmechanism, organization築くきずくto build, to establish規制きせいregulation丘陵きゅうりょうhill協議きょうぎconference, discussion, negotiation享受きょうじゅenjoyment, being given協調きょうちょうco-operation, conciliation, harmony切りきりlimits, place to leave off菌きんgerm, bacterium近視きんしnearsightedness苦くtrouble, worry, difficulty群ぐんgroup刑けいpenalty, sentence, punishment経緯けいいsequence of events, course計器けいきmeter, gauge契機けいきopportunity, chance携帯けいたいcarrying something形態けいたいform, shape, figure血管けっかんblood vessel決行けっこうdoing (with resolve), carrying out (e.g., a plan)件けんmatter, case, item減少げんしょうdecrease, reduction, decline公演こうえんpublic performance後悔こうかいregret, repentance航海こうかいsail, voyage拘束こうそくrestriction, restraint荒廃こうはいruin降伏こうふくcapitulation, surrender, submission興奮こうふんexcitement, stimulation語句ごくwords, phrases個々ここindividual, one by one故人こじんthe deceased小銭こぜにcoins, small changeことによるとことによると(depending on the circumstances)コンテストコンテストcontest採集さいしゅうcollecting, gathering作さくa work, a harvest策さくplan, policy設備せつびequipment, device, facilities絶滅ぜつめつdestruction, extinction節約せつやくeconomizing, saving攻めるせめるto attack, to assault責めるせめるto condemn, to blame, to criticize善ぜんgood, virtue全ぜんall, whole, entire全員ぜんいんall members専攻せんこうmajor subject, special study全国ぜんこくthe entire nation, country-wide, nation-wide洗剤せんざいdetergent先日せんじつthe other day, a few days ago前者ぜんしゃthe former選手せんしゅplayer selected for a team (usually athletic)全身ぜんしんthe whole body, full-length (portrait)前進ぜんしんadvance, drive, progressセンターセンターcenter全体ぜんたいwhole, entirety, whatever (is the matter)選択せんたくselection, choice宣伝せんでんadvertisement, publicity象ぞうelephant騒音そうおんnoise増加ぞうかincrease, addition操作そうさoperation, management, processing想像そうぞうimagination, guess相続そうぞくsuccession, inheritance装置そうちequipment, installation, apparatus相当そうとうconsiderably, fairly速度そくどspeed, velocity, rate底そこbottom, soleそこでそこでso (conj.), accordingly組織そしきorganizationそしてそしてand then注ぐそそぐto pour (into)育つそだつto be brought up, to grow (up)そっくりそっくりthe splitting image ofそっとそっとsoftly, gently袖そでsleeve備えるそなえるto prepare, to furnish, to store具えるそなえるto be furnished withそのうえそのうえin addition, furthermoreそのうちそのうちbefore long, eventually, sooner or laterそのままそのままwithout change, as it is (e.g., now)蕎麦そばsoba (buckwheat noodles)ソファーソファーsofa, couch粗末そまつhumble, miserable, crudeそれぞれそれぞれeach, every, respectivelyそれでもそれでもbut (still), and yet, neverthelessそれとそれとandそれともそれともor, or else揃うそろうto become complete, to be equal揃えるそろえるto put things in order, to arrange